Miguel Cruz wrote:
"Tchiowa" wrote:

Nonsense. The difference in culture between New York City, San
Francisco, Miami, New Orleans are every bit as great.

I'm having a hard time grasping this claim.

Take New York and New Orleans, to be charitable.

OK.

The vast majority of people speak the same language.

The "versions" of English that they speak are different. A high
percentage in both cities speak English as a second language. Spanish
is very common in NYC. French is dominant in New Orleans.

They have 95% of
the same TV channels, substantially the same popular music and films,

The music scene in New York and New Orleans don't even resemble each
other. New Orleans is famous for it's jazz clubs while NYC is more
classical and show music.

Yes, they all watch MTV. But of course so do the people in Berlin and
Athens.

the same brands in the shops and the same chains of shops.

Same is true for Athens and Berlin.

They have 200
years of shared national history and for most people the same elections
are the most important.

Contrast this with Athens and Berlin. A tiny minority of the people have
shared fluency in any language.

Almost all speak English.

They share a handful of TV channels,
mostly the channels that are available in New York and New Orleans as
well. Popular music and films are different, the cuisines have less
overlap,

You think New Orleans food is similar to what you get in NYC?

and individuals in one city have almost no interest in the same
political issues as those in the other. They don't even use the same

Most political issues in NYC are local as are the issues in New
Orleans. "All politics is local."